Nintendo Company sent in GitHub there is a requirement to block 8535 repositories with forks of the Yuzu emulator. The claim has been submitted under the United States Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). The projects are accused of bypassing security technologies used in Nintendo Switch consoles. Currently, GitHub has already complied with Nintendo's demands and blocked repositories with Yuzu forks.
To prevent the launch of pirated copies of games and protect against copying of games, Nintendo consoles use cryptographic keys to encrypt the contents of the firmware and game files. Nintendo owns or controls the copyright in games for its consoles and is responsible for licensing the distribution of games for its devices. The terms of use allow you to run games exclusively on your gaming console and prohibit the use of unauthorized devices.
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It is alleged that the Yuzu emulator and its branched repositories violate Nintendo's rights, as they are specifically designed to bypass technical protection methods and use illegally obtained copies of cryptographic keys to decrypt games and firmware in the process. Despite the fact that extracting keys for decrypting games falls on users and is done using third-party tools, the very fact of decryption on the emulator side is perceived by Nintendo as an illegal bypass of technical protection measures, even if the user uses keys extracted from his own purchased copy (in the terms of use It is prohibited to create copies to run on other platforms).
The Yuzu emulator was touted by Nintendo as a tool for turning personal computers into a vehicle for massive intellectual property infringement. At one time, the authors of the Yuzu emulator had the imprudence to publicly mention that the majority of emulator users use pirated keys; the Yuzu website had instructions for extracting keys and talked about the need to transfer some files from a hacked console, which was used by Nintendo as a reason to accuse the project of pandering piracy and unauthorized copying of games. After filing a lawsuit, the Yuzu developers agreed to a settlement agreement that included closing the project and paying Nintendo compensation of $2.4 million.
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